NYSE:BKU - BankUnited Stock Price, Price Target & More

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 16th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Tuesday, July 31st. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 13th. View BankUnited's Dividend History.

BankUnited announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, January 24th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.05. The financial services provider had revenue of $275.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $271.96 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 45.31% and a return on equity of 11.16%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.57 EPS. View BankUnited's Earnings History.

BankUnited is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for BankUnited.

11 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for BankUnited's stock. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate BankUnited's share price to reach $43.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for BankUnited.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to BankUnited include E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), People's United Financial (PBCT), Umpqua (UMPQ), TFS Financial (TFSL), BofI (BOFI), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Meta Financial Group (CASH), BBX Capital Corp Class B (BBXTB) and Northfield Bancorp (NFBK).

Headlines about BKU stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a coverage optimism score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider an impact score of 43.97 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

BankUnited's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.47%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.45%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.32%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.11%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.10%) and KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.02%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Eugene F Demark, Jeffrey Starr, John Adam Kanas, Joseph Roberto, Mark Bagnoli and Rajinder P Singh. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Rathbone Brothers plc and Boston Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Eugene F Demark, Jeffrey Starr, John Adam Kanas, Mark Bagnoli and Rajinder P Singh. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

BKU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Clinton Group Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and First Financial Bank Trust Division. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

Shares of BKU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.37.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $4.22 billion and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $614.27 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.65 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,763 workers across the globe.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]